Bedfordshire Tokens, Tickets, Checks and Passes – Supplement 2 – Gary Oddie

This is a second supplement to Bedfordshire Tokens, Tickets, Checks and Passes. These are mostly time/tool/pay checks from the county’s heavier industries in Bedford and Luton.

The most important additions are two specimens of an anonymous lead token found at Pertenhall, at the very north of Bedfordshire, on the border with Northamptonshire and the old Huntingdonshire. The design of the token is unusual in that it bears a head in profile. The tokens are from the same moulds, found a few metres apart over a two year period. This is unlikely to be a coincidence and suggests that these lead tokens are of very local manufacture and use.